Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a trouble-free shakedown run at the wheel of Mercedes' 2020 car at Silverstone, reporting that the new contender felt just as good as the car he raced in Abu Dhabi at the end of last year. Both Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas were given track time onboard the new car at the Silver Arrows squad's presentation on Friday morning. Ahead of a season during which Hamilton aims to clinch his seventh world title and equal the record of the great Michael Schumacher, the Briton gave his team the thumbs up but warned that only pre-season testing will reveal the W11's performance relative to its rivals. Allison: W11 designed to keep 'development slope strong' in 2020...
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